In this project, we focused on coaching techniques to improve youth leadership. By coaching, we referred to personal development strategies offered to individuals to enhance their performance. It aimed to empower people to learn rather than instructing them. This approach distinguished coaching from leading for participants.

Directing and leading people are understood by their definitions, but integrating coaching methods gives leadership a new meaning through a supportive approach. Educational leadership specialists needed to develop skills in listening, giving feedback, and agreeing on task implementation (Raukaitė Rita, 2021). Studies indicated a strong need to develop coaching skills in youth workers to empower youth leadership at both rural and urban levels. Starting with university students, then youth workers, specialists, leaders, and volunteers, a leadership training course based on coaching strategies would enhance essential skills in society.

The project aimed to develop youth workers' competence in applying coaching techniques for youth leadership.

The training course objectives were:

• To develop transformational leadership skills through coaching

• To deepen youth workers’ knowledge of coaching techniques for youth leadership

• To guide youth workers in using digital tools for efficient group and individual coaching

• To improve cultural communication and leadership skills through art coaching

Together with participants we have developed and adopted coaching strategies by using already well know coaching methods taken from  "101 Coaching Strategies and Techniques (Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge) 1st Edition by Gladeana McMahon (Editor), Anne Archer (Series Editor) also coaching game "Points of You"

Here you can find link to our Coaching toolkit:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MmYrNSZklm1aUhFPgFmgxSVGkhGKVovn/view?usp=drive_link